This has been a hot topic today. Try using the :selected selector
instead of the attribute selector.
$('#mySelect option:selected').text();
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Brandon Aaron
On 12/18/06, Mungbeans <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> Andy Matthews wrote:
> >
> >
> > A more generic approach:
> >
> > $('#mySelect [EMAIL PROTECTED]').text();
> >
> >
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> This isn't working for me. I have a select box that looks like this before
> a selection is made:
>
> <select name="filter" id="filter" class="selectbox" size="1">
> <option value="0" selected="selected">--</option>
> <option value="2">A:Option 2</option>
> <option value="1">B:Option 1</option>
> </select>
>
> Here is my code to get the text inside the selected option (after change):
>
> Assuming I selected the third in the list (val=1)
>
> var id = $("#filter").val(); //correctly returns 1 as the value
> if (id != 0 ) {
> var str = $('#filter [EMAIL PROTECTED]').text(); //incorrectly returns
> "--" as the text
> }
>
> option:eq(1)
> This returns the second option - using index 1 not value 1 - which is what I
> am after.
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